Cyberattack Uprise and Dell Technologies Response

It’s time to combine activities for preventing, responding to, and recovering from cyberattacks to become resilient for the future.

In today’s digital age, cyberattacks are a growing threat to businesses. The frequency and impact of these attacks are increasing, putting data security and business continuity at risk. Additionally, the security solutions market is fragmented and the burden of piecing together an integrated solution falls on the organizations themselves, making security management extremely complex.

Here are some ongoing cybersecurity trends:

    • Sophistication of cyberattacks still increasing due to insiders and state-sponsored attackers
    • Security teams are challenged by managing vendors and compliance all while their teams are understaffed
    • Attack vectors increasing and alert fatigue is on the rise as the IT ecosystem welcomes new technologies across IT and OT, IoT

Dell Technologies is at the forefront of providing solutions to mitigate these risks at any stage of a cyberattack.

Preventing cyberattacks

Dell Technologies helps organizations prevent cyberattacks across any cloud or workload. Our products and services enable customers to reduce their attack surface, detect and respond to threats and recover after a cyberattack; all while building cybersecurity maturity across their business.

Dell has expanded the capabilities of its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services with MDR Pro Plus, a fully managed, 360⁰ solution comprised of cutting-edge services to reduce threat exposure, detect and respond to incidents, and initiate recovery in the event of a breach.

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Dell Managed Detection and Response is a fully managed, end-to-end, 24/7 service that monitors, detects, investigates, and responds to threats across the entire IT environment, helping organizations with 50 or more endpoints to improve their security posture quickly and significantly—while reducing the burden on IT.

The service leverages two key capabilities:

    1. The expertise of Dell Technologies security analysts, gained through years of experience helping organizations worldwide to better protect their business.
    2. Your choice of select industry-leading extended detection and response (XDR) security analytics platforms (Secureworks, CrowdStrike, Microsoft) that incorporate AI-enabled analyses of telemetry and events from multiple attack vectors.

MDR Pro Plus

MDR Pro Plus helps prevent malicious activity by regularly informing you of vulnerability gaps, misconfigured security controls and high-risk pathways to valuable assets. In addition, we provide concise, easy-to-retain security training for employees throughout the year. Threat detection and response provides always-on monitoring and tracking of suspicious activity.

MDR Pro Plus provides you with an intelligent 360° IT security operations solution – with services based on advanced technology, delivered by experts. All managed by Dell Technologies: a company that organizations of all sizes across the globe trust for innovative IT devices, infrastructure, and services.

Responding to cyberattacks

In the event of a cyberattack, Dell Technologies provides response and recovery services to minimize the impact of cyberattacks and quickly resume operations. The company recovers vital workloads efficiently and advances preparedness with cybersecurity services experts.

Cyberattack recovery

Dell Technologies’ Incident Response and Recovery (IRR) team plays a crucial role in the recovery of data after a cyberattack.

This team of industry-certified cybersecurity experts works side-by-side with businesses until normal operations have been restored. The IRR team can react quickly to eliminate the threat and restore business operations quickly and with as little disruption as possible.

Backed by Dell Technologies’ global network, the IRR team adjusts resources according to each customer’s unique situation.

To facilitate their involvement in the event that you suspect your business has been attacked, you can contact them via email at incident.recovery@dell.com or call the Emergency Incident Response Hotline at +1 833-265-6167. Additional numbers can be found at: Incident Response Contact Information (delltechnologies.com)

Be prepared

In summary, there is no way to determine exactly when your organization may suffer a cyberattack. Dell Technologies offers a full range of solutions to prevent, respond to and recover from cyberattacks. In doing so, Dell is helping businesses protect their data and operations, thereby reducing the frequency and impact of cyberattacks.

Contact your advisor or SAM within Dell Technologies and find out which resources from Dell’s portfolio best suit your needs.

About the Author: Jose Manuel García

After 12+ years in the IT sector working for Dell Technologies, Jose Manuel García is currently holding the position of Service Account Manager of one of the most important Dell Technologies Partners in EMEA. He is also the co-leader of the Dell Technologies Employee Resource Group (ERG) PRIDE Spain, working for Diversity & Inclusion in the company and for building a better place to work.